Friday, May 27, 2022

Mary TV: May 27, 2022 Reflection - Novena to the Holy Spirit, Day 1

 



Novena to the Holy Spirit, Day 1

May 27, 2022
St. Augustine of Canterbury

Dear Family of Mary!

Today we begin the Novena to the Holy Spirit. It will consist of a message from Our Lady of Medjugorje, a prayer written by St. John Henry Newman, and The Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit! We can all include our own petitions as well! Let's expect great things on Pentecost!

Novena to the Holy Spirit, Day 1

May 25, 1993 "Dear children! Today I invite you to open yourselves to God by means of prayer so the Holy Spirit may begin to work miracles in you and through you. I am with you and I intercede before God for each one of you because, dear children, each one of you is important in my plan of salvation. I invite you to be carriers of good and peace. God can give you peace only if you convert and pray. Therefore, my dear little children, pray, pray, pray and do that which the Holy Spirit inspires you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

We see in this message that Our Lady has from the early days desired that we open our hearts to the Holy Spirit, and live in constant communication with Him. She tells us that she expects us to receive the Holy Spirit and then allow Him to work miracles through us! Isn't this exactly what the Apostles and Disciples of Jesus did, after the Ascension? They received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, and immediately went out and preached the Good News while performing miracles. They were carriers of good and peace, and conversions abounded.

May we learn to pray, pray, pray and do that which the Holy Spirit inspires us to do!

The Paraclete, the Fount of Love
(A prayer by St. John Henry Newman)

My God, I adore You, as the Third Person of the Ever-Blessed Trinity,
under the name and designation of Love.
You are that Living Love, wherewith the Father and the Son love each other.
And You are the Author of supernatural love in our hearts.
"Fons vivus, ignis, charitas."

As a fire You came down from heaven on the day of Pentecost;
and as a fire You burn away the dross of sin and vanity in the heart
and light up the pure flame of devotion and affection.

It is You who unite heaven and earth
by showing to us the glory and beauty of the Divine Nature,
and making us love what is in Itself so winning and transporting.

I adore You, O uncreate and everlasting Fire,
by which our souls live,
by which alone they are made fit for heaven. Amen


The Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit:

O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, before ascending into heaven, didst promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Thy work in the souls of Thy Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me, that He may perfect in my soul the work of Thy grace and Thy love.

Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal,

the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Thy divine truth,

the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining Heaven,

the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with Thee, and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation,

the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints,

the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable,

the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God, and may dread in any way to displease Him.

Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Thy true disciples and animate me in all things with Thy Spirit. Amen.


In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
(c)Mary TV 2021

PS. Let's continue to pray over Our Lady's May 25, 2022 message. I believe it is very important!

“Dear children! I am looking at you and thanking God for each of you, because He permits me to still be with you, to encourage you to holiness. Little children, peace is disturbed and Satan wants peacelessness. That is why, may your prayer be even stronger so that every unclean spirit of division and war may be stilled. Be builders of peace and carriers of joy of the Risen One in you and around you, for the good to win in every man. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (May 25, 2022)




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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Medjugorje, Our Lady's Message to Marija on May 25, 2022



“Dear children!
I am looking at you and thanking God for each of you, because He permits me to still be with you, to encourage you to holiness. Little children, peace is disturbed and Satan wants peacelessness.
That is why, may your prayer be even stronger so that every unclean spirit of division and war may be stilled. Be builders of peace and carriers of joy of the Risen One in you and around you, for the good to win in every man.
Thank you for having responded to my call.”


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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Mary TV: May 24, 2022 - Let us prepare for the Monthly Message

 

 


 

Thank you, Dearest Mother, for the Monthly Messages!

May 24, 2022

Dear Family of Mary!

Tomorrow we look forward to receiving the Monthly Message from Our Lady of Medjugorje! These Monthly Messages have been a staple for us since 1987! How blessed we are to be cared for in such a consistent manner for all these years.

Below is a list of the last five messages we have received on the 25th of each month. We might pray a Rosary, reading one message for each decade. That way we can remember Our Lady's guiding words and prepare for the next message on Wednesday!

Mother, we thank you for being with us in Medjugorje in such a beautiful way. Your presence and your words are have helped us to open up to Jesus' love and the Father's grace. We are grateful! You bring to us the Holy Spirit, your Spouse, who anoints us and heals us. Thank you so much, dearest Mother!

A message for each decade!!

December 25, 2021 "Dear children! Today I am carrying my Son Jesus to you, for Him to give you His peace. Little children, without peace you do not have a future or blessing; therefore return to prayer, because the fruit of prayer is joy and faith, without which you cannot live. Today's blessing which we give you, carry to your families and enrich all those whom you meet, that they may feel the grace which you are receiving. Thank you for having responded to my call."

January 25, 2022 "Dear children! Today I am calling you to return to personal prayer. Little children, do not forget that Satan is strong and that he wants to attract all the more souls to himself. That is why, you be vigilant in prayer and resolute in the good. I am with you and am blessing all of you with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call."

February 25, 2022 "Dear children! I am with you and we pray together. Help me with prayer, little children, that Satan may not prevail. His power of death, hatred, and fear has visited the earth. Therefore, little children, return to God and to prayer, to fasting and to renunciation, for all those who are downtrodden, poor, and have no voice in this world without God. Little children, if you do not return to God and His Commandments, you do not have a future. That is why He sent me to you to guide you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

March 25, 2022 "Dear children! I am listening to your cry and prayers for peace. For years, Satan has been fighting for war. That is why God sent me among you to guide you on the way of holiness, because humanity is at a crossroad. I am calling you to return to God and to God's Commandments that it may be good for you on earth, and that you may come out of this crisis into which you have entered because you are not listening to God who loves you and desires to save you and lead you to a new life. Thank you for having responded to my call."

April 25, 2022 "Dear children! I am looking at you and I see that you are lost. That is why I am calling all of you: return to God, return to prayer - and the Holy Spirit will fill you with His love which gives joy to the heart. Hope will grow in you, also for a better future, and you will become joyful witnesses of God's mercy in you and around you. Thank you for having responded to my call."

We await your words to us with peace and joy! Thank you, Mother Mary!

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
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Monday, May 23, 2022

Mary TV: May 23, 2022 - Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid...

 

 

Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid...


May 23, 2022

Dear Family of Mary!

The Gospel for Holy Mass on Sunday, May 22, 2022 was from John 14:23-29. I want to quote one verse:

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid..." (Jn 14:27)

Jesus was very careful to explain to the Apostles that His peace is not the kind of peace that the world offers. They should not look for worldly peace. Only Jesus can give us peace. But don't we still fall into the trap of looking for worldly answers to our anxieties? Hoping for peace from that source?

Here is a beautiful, inspired, and absolutely true description of where to find true peace, written by Caryll Houselander many years ago. Everything Caryll said so many years ago applies to us today! Please read this short excerpt slowly and prayerfully. She is speaking to us right now. Our Mother is speaking to us through her. This is how we will bring in the Triumph!

“Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid”

Too many anxious Christians today think that their efforts to preach and teach and enter into outward activities can do more to save the world than the surrender of their souls to God, to become Christ-bearers.

They believe that they can do more than our Lady did, and they have not time to stop to consider the absurdity of this.

They fear that if the world goes on hurling itself into disaster, as it seems to be doing now, Christ’s kingdom may be defeated. This is not so; Christ has given his word that he will be with and in his little flock until the end of the world.

However dark our days seem to be for Christianity, they are not so dark as the night following the crucifixion must have seemed to the apostles. For that night Christ had already prepared them. He told them to wait: to wait for the coming of the Holy Spirit. He told them that he was going away, that they would no longer see him and know the consolation of his presence with them, but that it was better for them that he should go, and that the condition for the coming of the Holy Spirit, through whom he would live on in them, was his going (Jn 16:7-8).

Christ himself prepared for his Resurrection by resting in the tomb, just as he had prepared for his birth by resting in his Mother’s womb.

He did not call the legions of angels he could have called to fight back the forces of evil that had crucified him; he simply lay in the tomb at rest and, at the appointed moment in time, rose from death to renew the life of the whole world. 

The apostles, like the modern apostles, were afraid, and with good cause…. They, with the Mother of Christ, alone stood for Christ’s kingdom, and the murderous hatred of Christ’s enemies pointed straight at them.

But Christ told them simply to wait in the city until the Holy Spirit came to them; not to run away, not to make plans of their own, not to be troubled, with either their own recent failure and sin or concerning the danger that fenced them all around, but only to wait, with his Mother among them, for the coming of the Comforter who would make them strong, heal their wounds, wash the stains from their souls, and be their joy.

Christ does not change, the preparation for the coming of the Spirit is the same today as two thousand years ago, whether it be for the rebirth of Christ in one soul that is in the hard winter, or for the return of Christ from the grave, whose blood is shed again by the martyrs.

The preparation is the same: the still, quiet mind, acceptance, and remaining close to the Mother of God, resting in her rest while the life of the world grew within her towards the flowering of everlasting joy. 

Caryll Houselander († 1954) was a British artist, poet, and spiritual author. / From The Risen Christ. Sheed & Ward Publishers, 1958.


Our job is to remain close to the Mother of God, resting in her rest while the life of the world grows within her - Jesus, Our Life! This is how we will be safe and save others! Our Lady only wants one thing, to be with us and help us to wait for her Son. She said, early on in the apparitions:

Saturday, February 25, 1984

"Know that I love all of you.
Know that you are all mine.
To no one do I desire to give more than to you.
Come to me all of you.
Stay with me.
I want to be your Mother.
Come, I desire all of you."

If we stay close to Mary, she will teach us to wait for her Son, to pray as she prays, and to believe as she believes. In this will be our hope and our victory. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid!


In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
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Friday, May 20, 2022

Mary TV: May 20, 2022 - Love one another!

 


Love one another!


May 20, 2022

Dear Family of Mary!

We have been pondering the Gospel Readings for the 5th week of Easter in a special way, allowing Jesus' words to sink into our hearts, and then listening to Our Lady's words which help us to respond to Jesus! It has been very good for me, and I hope for you!!

Today Jesus teaches us His Commandment. It is so simple sounding, but actually it is so difficult to do.

But we can't let the difficulty stop us! We are called to love one another! And so when we fail, we must simply run to Jesus for forgiveness and then run to our brother or sister and ask for their forgiveness, and then start anew! Jesus has given us the way, through humility and contrition. Knowing this lets us listen to Our Savior's Commandment!


John 15:12-17

Jesus said to his disciples:

“This is my commandment:
love one another as I love you.

No one has greater love than this,
to lay down his life for his friends.

You are my friends
if you do what I command you.

I no longer call you slaves,
because a slave does not know
what his master is doing.

I have called you friends,
because I have told you
everything I have heard from my Father.

It was not you who chose me,
but I who chose you
and appointed you
to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that whatever you ask the Father
in my name
he may give you.

This I command you:
love one another.”
(John 15: 12-17)


Jesus tells us that He has chosen us. And Our Lady has called us! We are so blessed to be chosen and called by Jesus and Mary!

Our Lady teaches us about our calling:

September 2, 2015

"Dear children,
My dear apostles of love,
my carriers of truth,

again I am calling you
and gathering you around me to help me,
to help all of my children
who thirst for love and truth -
who thirst for my Son.

I am a grace from the Heavenly Father,
sent to help you
to live the word of my Son.

Love one another.

I lived your earthly life.
I know that it is not always easy,
but if you will love each other,
you will pray with the heart,
you will reach spiritual heights
and the way to heaven will be opened for you.

I, your mother,
am waiting for you there
because I am there.

Be faithful to my Son
and teach others faithfulness.

I am with you.
I will help you.
I will teach you faith
that you may know how to transmit it to others
in the right way.

I will teach you truth
that you may know how to discern.

I will teach you love
that you may come to know what real love is...

My children,
my Son will make it
so as to speak through your words
and your actions.

Thank you."

Our Lady is with us, so we have only joy ahead...She will lead us on the way!!

I am a grace from the Heavenly Father,
sent to help you
to live the word of my Son.

Love one another.

Yes Mother, we will follow you, and live the word of your Son, "Love one another!'


In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
Mary TV


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